Example sentences of "which was [vb pp] [verb] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A comparative newcomer , David Sillito , was assigned as navigator on a patrol which was sent to destroy the track near Sidi Barani . |
| 2 | Under the decree , which was intended to create the mechanisms of a free market to replace the administratively determined distribution system of the old Soviet economic system , local governments were ordered to organize facilities for wholesale markets in cities . |
| 3 | To this list we can now add Taurus — a system which was intended to automate the transfer of ownership of company shares in a way analogous to the transfer of money in the banking system and which collapsed spectacularly in March after countless delays and problems . |
| 4 | The museum has treated this material in thematic fashion , reserving a concluding gallery for ‘ The Green Room ’ series of paintings ( 1907 ) , that bitter cycle of love and jealousy which was intended to evoke the mood of a brothel in Berlin . |
| 5 | The POFs were then to acquire shares in enterprises which were being privatized ; together with the recently created State Ownership Fund ( SOF ) , they would thus form the basis for the mass privatization scheme , which was intended to involve the sale of some 6,200 companies over the next seven years . |
| 6 | From the flamboyant tone in which the speculators discussed the prospects for Denwood , a stranger within its precincts might have come to the conclusion that he was standing upon ground which was destined to become the Winnipeg of the Middle West . |
| 7 | At stake was not the resolution of a desperate national emergency , but a choice between two fundamentally different concepts of democracy , the outcome of which was bound to affect the trajectory of French politics for years to come . |
| 8 | He said that a final decision would follow more detailed studies by Union Railways , the British Rail subsidiary which was formed to develop the tunnel link project . |
| 9 | I M P A C which was formed to protect the pensioners had threatened an injunction if they did not go to Court . |
| 10 | I was very impressed with him in action in the Mozart Requiem under Jane Glover which was televised to mark the anniversary of Mozart 's death in December . |
| 11 | Until that happens , all patients deserve the protection of the GMC , which was founded to protect the public from quacks . |
| 12 | Baika , which was still at the drawing board stage when the Japanese surrendered on September 2 , 1945 was to have been powered by a Maru athoyd ( pulse-jet ) which was expected to give the aircraft a top speed of 366mph in level flight , depending on warhead size ( between 220lb and 550lb ) . |
| 13 | Experts attributed the fall to a range of short-term factors , including a usual seasonal slump ( following a period of peak consumption at Christmas and at the Chinese New Year ) combined with the Islamic holy month of Ramadan ( during which trading was traditionally subdued in Middle Eastern countries ) , selling by central banks in Eastern Europe and former Soviet republics , and the lifting of the ban on gold imports by the Indian government ( which was expected to reduce the price of gold in that country , one of the world 's major importers ) . |
| 14 | The continuing crisis of confidence among US savings and loan institutions ( mutual funds , or " thrifts " ) was temporarily relieved on March 14 , as the House of Representatives accepted a compromise proposal from the administration for the provision of some $30,000 million of interim funding for the industry , an amount which was expected to secure the situation for six months . |
| 15 | Bond resigned as chairman and director of Bond Corporation on Sept. 26 , 1990 , a move which was expected to pave the way for agreements on key refinancing arrangements . |
| 16 | No government which was known to enjoy the support of the Crown was defeated in a general election until well into the nineteenth century . |
| 17 | This image , which was captured form the Program Manager , can now be used in any other application . |
| 18 | A Georgian parliamentary commission which was established to investigate the incident later concluded that the interior troops had carried out a ‘ punitive action — a planned mass massacre , committed with especial cruelty ’ . |
| 19 | The Supreme Court in the Philippines had previously blocked an 11 per cent increase in electricity charges , which was needed to service the loan from the World Bank . |
| 20 | Following this , in early 1990 , the SW region encouraged an ex-employee from Crediton , , to erect a poly-tunnel house on his farm in Devon which was used to demonstrate the system . |
| 21 | Furthermore , she places landscape gardening in the context of the ideology of improvement which was used to justify the enclosure movement . |
| 22 | A similar identifying code was to be sent to the last endorsee or owner of record of the original bill , and this code allowed the printing of the bill of lading , which was used to claim the goods . |
| 23 | During 1983 the Inland Revenue received £27,000 million from wage-earners and small businesses , much of which was used to defray the cost of the nation 's social welfare responsibilities . |
| 24 | The Lombards incorporated this into an iron crown which was used to crown the kings of Lombardy . |
| 25 | On the cover of ‘ Heaven Knows … ’ was an old photograph of Viv Nicholson which was used to portray the sentiments of the A-side . |
| 26 | A stone which was used to rest the coffin on along the way is now in the Memorial gardens in Sutton . |
| 27 | The new leader succeeded in reducing the huge gap between the two parties , and announced a hastily concocted " growth agreement " with the Council of Trade Unions which was designed to lay the ghost of " Rogernomics " . |
| 28 | But the idea was eventually sunk when Scarborough Council did not back the idea , which was designed to give the shipyard a new lease of life . |
| 29 | Tanabe was the author of a recent policy review which was designed to steer the party away from its traditional position of pacifism ( including opposition to the country 's Self Defence Force on the grounds that its existence was unconstitutional ) and international neutrality . |
| 30 | Prior to announcing his candidacy Bush had on Feb. 6 unveiled a health care package which was designed to overhaul the US health system and to win back the initiative on what was widely perceived to be an important electoral issue . |